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:00:00. > :00:09.Tonight on Reporting Scotland: Warnings about ecstasy tablets after

:00:10. > :00:13.a teenage girl dies. Regane MacColl collapsed in a

:00:14. > :00:24.nightclub after taking this pill. Doctors say it's a growing problem.

:00:25. > :00:26.When they come here, they have been quite poisoned. We are very

:00:27. > :00:29.concerned. Four other people were also taken to hospital, after

:00:30. > :00:32.apparently taking the same drug. Also on the programme: The future of

:00:33. > :00:36.the Commonwealth Games. They're in Glasgow this year - but future Games

:00:37. > :00:38.are struggling to find a country to host them.

:00:39. > :00:42.How deer are threatening the survival of Scotland's native

:00:43. > :00:45.woodlands. And after his success in Dubai,

:00:46. > :00:47.Stephen Gallacher flies back into Scotland - eyeing the Ryder Cup in

:00:48. > :01:07.Gleneagles. Good evening. Accident and emergency

:01:08. > :01:12.units are seeing patients as young as 15 who've been taking ecstasy.

:01:13. > :01:16.This has emerged after the death of a Clydebank teenager, who collapsed

:01:17. > :01:19.at a nightclub at the weekend. Four other people were taken to hospital,

:01:20. > :01:27.after apparently taking the drug. Our home affairs correspondent

:01:28. > :01:31.Reevel Alderson reports. This is the nightclub where a

:01:32. > :01:36.17-year-old girl collapsed at the weekend, apparently having taken an

:01:37. > :01:39.ecstasy tablet. 17-year-old Regan McCall died in Glasgow Royal

:01:40. > :01:44.Infirmary. The cause of her death is not yet known. A 19-year-old woman

:01:45. > :01:47.from Clydebank has been arrested for alleged drug offences. Three men

:01:48. > :01:52.were taken to this hospital in command after apparently having

:01:53. > :01:58.taken similar ecstasy tablets. -- in Cil Marnoch. Doctors say there is a

:01:59. > :02:03.worrying rise in the number of younger patients being admitted

:02:04. > :02:07.after taking recreational drugs. Initially ecstasy was mainly through

:02:08. > :02:11.the club drug scene with people going to concerts and raves and

:02:12. > :02:16.nightclubs. They were mainly in their early 20s up to 30s. We're

:02:17. > :02:21.seeing a shift down to young teens. The youngest we've seen is 15. When

:02:22. > :02:26.they come here they've been quite poisoned and we've been very

:02:27. > :02:30.concerned. One problem doctors here in the A unit face is that

:02:31. > :02:33.patients often don't know what they have taken, which means it's

:02:34. > :02:38.difficult for doctors to prescribe specific treatment for them. It's

:02:39. > :02:42.thought Regane MacColl took these pills, Mortal Kombat, with the red

:02:43. > :02:45.Dragon logo. But in the past fortnight, drugs agencies have

:02:46. > :02:51.issued two separate warnings about ecstasy tablets. These pills were

:02:52. > :02:57.found to contain a substance which can be highly toxic when taken with

:02:58. > :03:01.alcohol. The message today is that you really cannot trust what you are

:03:02. > :03:05.told about these substances. You cannot rely on the content being

:03:06. > :03:09.what you think it will be and, quite rightly, you are gambling with your

:03:10. > :03:15.life at times by taking them so please stay safe and don't do it.

:03:16. > :03:20.Charities say the danger is evident from changes in young people's

:03:21. > :03:24.drug-taking, including mixing several drugs together and taking

:03:25. > :03:31.them with alcohol. We are seeing an increasing trend in the levels of

:03:32. > :03:36.polydrug use. We estimate that about 80% of drug users are taking more

:03:37. > :03:40.than one substance at a time. Analysis is continuing to discover

:03:41. > :03:43.what caused Regane's death and the illness of the other users.

:03:44. > :03:46.Cuts in housing benefit, which critics have dubbed the "bedroom

:03:47. > :03:49.tax", are to be reversed in Scotland. The Scottish Government is

:03:50. > :03:54.promising an additional ?15 million to cancel the effect of the policy.

:03:55. > :03:58.But they say the cash can only be spent if the UK Government lifts a

:03:59. > :04:05.legal cap on spending. Here's our political correspondent Glenn

:04:06. > :04:09.Campbell. In Glasgow, Jane Grey is struggling

:04:10. > :04:14.to find the money to make up for a cut in housing benefit imposed

:04:15. > :04:17.because she has a spare bedroom. She hopes more cash from the Scottish

:04:18. > :04:23.government will make it easier to get by. That will take a lot of

:04:24. > :04:33.strain off me, not to pay the bill at all. If you don't pay, we'll put

:04:34. > :04:39.you out the house, that is what they say. The bedroom tax affects an

:04:40. > :04:44.estimated 76,000 Scottish households, which are home to around

:04:45. > :04:52.12,000 children. 80% include an adult with a recognised disability.

:04:53. > :04:55.?15 million from the Scottish government, together with existing

:04:56. > :05:01.help, should be nobody in Scotland has to pay the bedroom tax in the

:05:02. > :05:04.coming year. The snag is, the UK Department for Work and Pensions

:05:05. > :05:08.hasn't set a cap on the amount the Scottish Government can spend on

:05:09. > :05:17.discretionary housing payments. -- has set a cap. Isaiah written to the

:05:18. > :05:21.DWP to ask them to lift that cap and provide us the resources to mitigate

:05:22. > :05:25.the bedroom tax completely. It's not clear whether the UK government will

:05:26. > :05:30.give permission. They say this year's cash help has not been fully

:05:31. > :05:33.taken up. Even if the answer is no, the Labour Party says debt

:05:34. > :05:37.cancellation is another way to offset the tax. It is already in

:05:38. > :05:42.existence in one council and housing association. It has been checked by

:05:43. > :05:48.lawyers and we're sure that there is a legal way to get round the DWP

:05:49. > :05:54.cap. SNP ministers would prefer to top up discretionary housing

:05:55. > :06:00.payments but say they'll look at all options to effectively cancel the

:06:01. > :06:05.bedroom tax in Scotland. Our political editor, Brian Taylor,

:06:06. > :06:09.joins me. What's the latest? Further talks this evening to try to resolve

:06:10. > :06:13.the differences explained in that report. They're examining options

:06:14. > :06:20.for what happens if the DWP say yes. And what happens if they say no

:06:21. > :06:23.and if they don't respond to the terms suggested by the Scottish

:06:24. > :06:27.Government. You are beginning to get the evidence of a real difference of

:06:28. > :06:32.opinion between the two sites. Ian Craig believes there are other ways

:06:33. > :06:36.of doing this and driving it forward. The Scottish Government

:06:37. > :06:40.says its hands are tied if the DWP doesn't give it the go-ahead.

:06:41. > :06:43.Benefits are controlled by Westminster and they cannot simply

:06:44. > :06:48.spend what they like. They say if they try to find other ways, DWP

:06:49. > :06:52.would just say that it was a way of getting round the rules and was not

:06:53. > :06:58.legal. This is by no means a done deal. Politics inevitably at play in

:06:59. > :07:02.all this. It's a reasonable point. These are serious, genuine

:07:03. > :07:09.negotiations. The SNP and Labour believe there is a serious economic

:07:10. > :07:12.problem caused by this. The policy has its defenders but you have the

:07:13. > :07:19.Labour Party suggesting the SNP are not fully using the powers they have

:07:20. > :07:21.at Holyrood and the SNP saying, if only we have the powers of

:07:22. > :07:23.independence we would control benefits in Scotland ourselves and

:07:24. > :07:26.the issue would not arise. You're watching Reporting Scotland

:07:27. > :07:30.from the BBC. Still to come on tonight's programme: We're in Sochi

:07:31. > :07:35.as the Scots in Team GB head east for the Winter Olympics.

:07:36. > :07:38.In sport: A welcome home for Scotland's latest golfing hero, who

:07:39. > :07:41.says Ryder Cup selection would be massive.

:07:42. > :07:44.And up for the Cup! After the drama of penalties, Inverness Caley

:07:45. > :07:47.Thistle reach their first major Cup Final. News of all of that and more

:07:48. > :07:59.coming soon. Just 170 days to go before the

:08:00. > :08:01.Commonwealth Games begin in Glasgow. But organisers are becoming

:08:02. > :08:05.increasingly concerned about the future of the event - because, so

:08:06. > :08:09.far, no-one has said they want to host the games in 2022. Expressions

:08:10. > :08:13.of interest have to be in by the end of March, but so far none of the 70

:08:14. > :08:23.nations and territories have come forward. Here's our Commonwealth

:08:24. > :08:28.Games reporter Chris McLaughlin. Where will you be when the world

:08:29. > :08:31.comes to Scotland? Glasgow 2014 selling itself to the

:08:32. > :08:37.world in a bid to attract big crowds and being athletes to the city for

:08:38. > :08:41.the 20th commonwealth games. And it is so far proving popular, with most

:08:42. > :08:45.of these venues ready and the majority of the tickets already

:08:46. > :08:52.sold. But just how popular are the Games in general? In 2018,

:08:53. > :08:56.Australia's Gold Coast will be the hosts but in 2022, the destination

:08:57. > :09:01.of the games so far remains a mystery. So far no ex rations of

:09:02. > :09:07.interest have been received but the man in charge of attracting them

:09:08. > :09:11.remains up meat. If there are no bids, the games will finish in 2018.

:09:12. > :09:18.But I don't think that will be the case. The games have been held every

:09:19. > :09:24.four years since 1930 but, as they've grown, so has the price

:09:25. > :09:27.target. And so, as the Queen's bat on makes its way around her 70

:09:28. > :09:31.nations and territories, the messages that future games could be

:09:32. > :09:40.smaller, meaning fewer sports and, so, fewer athletes. As long as it

:09:41. > :09:45.was well and some of the... It wasn't high profile sports that were

:09:46. > :09:48.cut, because there are some sports that are more high profile than

:09:49. > :09:52.others and some would be more damaging than others if they were

:09:53. > :09:56.lost from the Games. So Glasgow is on but after that, attention turns

:09:57. > :09:59.to making sure the Commonwealth Games have a future.

:10:00. > :10:02.A deal's been reached which could help increase the number of supply

:10:03. > :10:06.teachers. The agreement means teachers called in to do supply work

:10:07. > :10:09.would get paid at a higher rate after two days' work instead of

:10:10. > :10:13.five. Several councils and schools have had problems finding supply

:10:14. > :10:16.teachers. The deal is part of a bigger package on pay and

:10:17. > :10:19.conditions. Scotland's largest teachers' union, the EIS, will now

:10:20. > :10:22.ballot its members on whether to accept the package, which also

:10:23. > :10:28.includes 1% pay increases for all teachers this year and next.

:10:29. > :10:33.Edinburgh City Council has scrapped the licensing of saunas and massage

:10:34. > :10:36.parlours. The move marks a change in the city's long-standing tolerance

:10:37. > :10:40.of the sex trade and it follows a number of police raids on premises.

:10:41. > :10:44.The council says the current arrangement was no longer effective,

:10:45. > :10:47.but it does not mean the saunas will close. Representatives of sex

:10:48. > :10:52.workers have said the decision not to license saunas could put them

:10:53. > :10:55.more at risk. Deer represent the biggest threat to

:10:56. > :10:58.our native woodlands, according to the findings of a major new study

:10:59. > :11:02.from Forestry Commission Scotland. It's reignited the debate on demands

:11:03. > :11:04.for a cull to reduce the number of deer on Scotland's hills. Our

:11:05. > :11:15.environment correspondent, David Miller, reports: Scotland's native

:11:16. > :11:17.woodlands are you rich and diverse habitat, supporting and diverse

:11:18. > :11:23.habitat, supporting an array of birds, plants and animals.

:11:24. > :11:28.Read deer are at home here but overgrazing can threaten the

:11:29. > :11:33.woodlands on which they depend, so what does this latest research tell

:11:34. > :11:39.us about the scale of the threat? It shows that over the whole resource,

:11:40. > :11:42.about a third is impacted quite highly and if that were to be

:11:43. > :11:47.maintained into the future, it would stop the woodlands regenerating

:11:48. > :11:50.successfully. The debate about the number of deer on Scotland's Hills

:11:51. > :11:56.and the impact they have on our native woodland is deeply divisive,

:11:57. > :12:01.with environmental organisations and conservationists on one side and

:12:02. > :12:09.landowners and gamekeepers on the other. And the road ahead? Ministers

:12:10. > :12:12.say that will involve balancing the needs of sporting estates which rely

:12:13. > :12:17.on income from deer stalking with environmental concerns. We do value

:12:18. > :12:22.the rural jobs that are provided by sporting estate but we have to look

:12:23. > :12:25.after the environment with great sensitivity because we have

:12:26. > :12:30.international obligations in place. We have a desire to protect a

:12:31. > :12:37.protected sites. There are more than three quarters of a million deer in

:12:38. > :12:43.Scotland but land managers argue the impact of our 2.5 million sheep is

:12:44. > :12:45.often overlooked. Gamekeepers say there is a simple practical measure

:12:46. > :12:54.which would protect native woodlands. The answer for us to this

:12:55. > :13:00.is fencing. If you've got a plant that lives for 200 years, it needs

:13:01. > :13:07.special protection for the first 15 years of its life. That protection

:13:08. > :13:11.is a fence. The deer control debate will continue but we now have more

:13:12. > :13:19.information than ever about the health of our woodlands and the

:13:20. > :13:20.threat they face. A A look at some other stories from across Scotland

:13:21. > :13:31.this Monday. And original, onshore fish farming

:13:32. > :13:37.project is underway in Argyll. This scheme for breezing salmon in tanks

:13:38. > :13:47.on land will initially employ 20 people. That will provide the

:13:48. > :14:09.blueprint. Then, we hope to expand that to four times the size at

:14:10. > :14:11.Machrihanish and then provide second and the processing.

:14:12. > :14:24.More -- secondary -- more money is to be provided...

:14:25. > :14:30.18 avalanche is where recorded over a 24-hour period over the weekend.

:14:31. > :14:38.Heavy snowfalls and high winds have also increased the risks of

:14:39. > :14:41.cornices. A World War I exhibition is going on

:14:42. > :14:52.display in Aberdeen to commemorate the role of the Gordon Highlanders.

:14:53. > :14:57.The great War claimed the life of over 28,000 soldiers. They were

:14:58. > :15:00.involved in all the major actions from the outbreak of war right

:15:01. > :15:07.through to the famous Christmas truce. There is a huge story to

:15:08. > :15:11.tell. A singer from Stranraer has won the

:15:12. > :15:18.BBC radio Scotland Young traditional user should award by 2014. Robin

:15:19. > :15:27.Stapleton saw off five other finalists to take the prize.

:15:28. > :15:30.How many artists does it take to change a light-bulb? Commuters in

:15:31. > :15:33.Edinburgh City Centre might find out this evening thanks to a new art

:15:34. > :15:36.installation that's transformed one of the capital's most famous

:15:37. > :15:39.squares. Those behind the Field of Light project hope it will attract

:15:40. > :15:52.thousands of visitors to St Andrew Square. Our reporter Steven Godden

:15:53. > :15:59.is there for us this evening. This is one of the busiest parts of

:16:00. > :16:05.Edinburgh city full set -- city centre. This Field of Light is made

:16:06. > :16:11.up of around 9000 glass bulbs that sit on top of a clear plastic tube.

:16:12. > :16:15.When you take a walk around here, you get a sense of the atmosphere

:16:16. > :16:20.that it creates. When you look from above, you get a sense of this

:16:21. > :16:24.scale. The inspiration for the project came in the Australian

:16:25. > :16:27.outback more than 20 years ago. This is the first time it has been in

:16:28. > :16:32.Scotland and the first time it has been staged in our city. The artist

:16:33. > :16:41.says his aims are fairly straightforward. We want to make

:16:42. > :16:48.people feel more optimistic about life. That is the aim of the

:16:49. > :16:53.installation. It is not an intellectual piece of work, it is

:16:54. > :16:57.purely about light and spirit and the more positive things in life.

:16:58. > :17:01.Tonight is the first time the project has been eliminated and

:17:02. > :17:06.already we have seen people out here with their camera phones. Edinburgh

:17:07. > :17:13.City Council, who commissioned and funded the project, say they hope it

:17:14. > :17:19.will bring people to this square. It will be here until the end of April.

:17:20. > :17:23.Thank you. Scottish athletes will start making

:17:24. > :17:26.their way to the Black Sea resort of Sochi this week where the Winter

:17:27. > :17:29.Olympics start on Friday. Curling, speed skating and skiing could all

:17:30. > :17:33.produce medals for Team GB which will be based between two sites - in

:17:34. > :17:36.the mountains and on the coast. Our reporter Jackie O'Brien reports from

:17:37. > :17:48.the mountain cluster, where Russians are working round the clock to

:17:49. > :17:52.welcome the world. Scotland may be giving Sochi a run

:17:53. > :17:55.for its money on the snow stakes this winter, but Olympic organisers

:17:56. > :17:58.are confident that there will be no need to dig into the thousands of

:17:59. > :18:02.tonnes they have been stockpiling here since last year. The country's

:18:03. > :18:05.culture and traditions are also in plentiful supply, but local people

:18:06. > :18:09.are keen to show off modern Russian too. We are very happy and we are

:18:10. > :18:17.very proud that the Olympic Games are in Russia this year. We are

:18:18. > :18:20.happy that we can show our culture. We are happy that so many people in

:18:21. > :18:30.other countries can see our games, can see our nation, can see how

:18:31. > :18:34.beautiful our country is. With just under a third of Scots

:18:35. > :18:38.making up Team GB, Scottish athletes are hoping to make a big impression

:18:39. > :18:44.in Russia. With curling and skiing the main medal contenders. We have

:18:45. > :18:49.got a really strong team this year. Just over 50 athletes are coming. We

:18:50. > :18:52.are hoping for at least three medals, but it could be more than

:18:53. > :19:11.that. We have had some exceptional results across the board recently.

:19:12. > :19:14.Many Scots including curling umpire Alan Stanford from Nairn have been

:19:15. > :19:16.chosen to officiate here are and areundeterred by recent terrorist

:19:17. > :19:20.threats to target the Winter games. I am sure they will have every

:19:21. > :19:24.security measure in place that they can to minimise the risk of the

:19:25. > :19:28.games having any issues or problems. I look forward to enjoying the games

:19:29. > :19:30.and I hope it is remembered for all the right reasons.

:19:31. > :19:33.But Sochi does not seem ready to receive the thousands expected here

:19:34. > :19:36.this week with workers grafting day and night to get the purpose-built

:19:37. > :19:39.resort fully open for Olympic business. Up in these breathtaking

:19:40. > :19:47.mountains, competition venues, hotels and even a shopping centre

:19:48. > :19:51.remain unfinished. Russia is in a race against time if it is to make

:19:52. > :19:59.the most expensive Winter games ever a success.

:20:00. > :20:08.Here's Rhona now with the sport. Good evening. Scotland's top-ranked

:20:09. > :20:12.golfer says it would be massive for the country to have a home-based

:20:13. > :20:14.player in this year's Ryder Cup at Gleneagles. Doubly special for

:20:15. > :20:17.Stephen Gallacher, as his uncle Bernard played for, and captained,

:20:18. > :20:19.the European team. Kheredine Idessane reports on Gallacher's

:20:20. > :20:22.homecoming after retaining the Dubai Desert Classic and his optimism for

:20:23. > :20:24.the year ahead. Back on home soil after his best

:20:25. > :20:29.ever victory. Friends and family with a warm welcome following a win

:20:30. > :20:39.in Dubai which could change his career. An historic day. He is the

:20:40. > :20:43.only man ever to retain the Desert classic title, the first Scot

:20:44. > :20:48.successfully to defend the European tour event in 14 years and he can

:20:49. > :20:53.now play and all four majors this season, including the Masters in

:20:54. > :20:59.April. That has been a dream of mine since I was a child. I have always

:21:00. > :21:05.wanted to play it. It is the only major I have not played in.

:21:06. > :21:10.Augusta, I hold it in high esteem. It is one of the pinnacles of the

:21:11. > :21:13.golfing calendar. In the year Scotland hosts the Ryder Cup, his

:21:14. > :21:21.good form could scarcely be better timed. As a nation, we want a Scot

:21:22. > :21:26.in the team. I hope I can do my best. It has been in my family. My

:21:27. > :21:33.uncle played eight times and captained it three times. It is

:21:34. > :21:38.seven months away, it is a long-term goal so I do not focus on it too

:21:39. > :21:42.much just now. What he can focus on is another year in possession of

:21:43. > :21:45.this fine specimen and on playing the kind of golf which will push

:21:46. > :21:54.them further up the rankings and into Europe's 12 man Ryder Cup team.

:21:55. > :21:58.Dundee have announced that manager John Brown has left the club. They

:21:59. > :22:01.released a statement saying the club agreed with John's expressed view

:22:02. > :22:04.that, after recent results, this is the best way forward. Dundee expect

:22:05. > :22:06.to move quickly to appoint a new manager.

:22:07. > :22:09.The Inverness Caley Thistle manager John Hughes says everyone from the

:22:10. > :22:12.club chairman to the kitman deserve their big day at the League Cup

:22:13. > :22:16.final. They'll face Aberdeen in their first major final in a 20 year

:22:17. > :22:19.history. As our senior football reporter Alasdair Lamont reports,

:22:20. > :22:26.their place was secured in the most dramatic of circumstances.

:22:27. > :22:36.Ross Draper has sent Caley Thistle into the Scottish League Cup final.

:22:37. > :22:39.A penalty shoot out triumph, but that wasn't even half the story.

:22:40. > :22:44.There was little sign of the drama to come when the Greg Tansey

:22:45. > :22:50.unleashed this beauty. But then the game turned on its head. Gary Warren

:22:51. > :23:01.was sent off. Caley Thistle are down to ten men. Jamie Hamill equalised.

:23:02. > :23:08.And quickly got another. Already a goal down, and a man down, Josh

:23:09. > :23:13.Meekings was sent off. Caley Thistle are appealing against this, but an

:23:14. > :23:18.equaliser looked unlikely. Step forward Nick Ross. The nine men held

:23:19. > :23:24.on to reach their first major final on penalties.

:23:25. > :23:28.It is a massive thing for the club. The fans have not had a final to go

:23:29. > :23:34.to. Absolutely delighted for everyone concerned. From the

:23:35. > :23:42.chairman right down to the kit man. How has the news gone down? You see

:23:43. > :23:51.a lot of Inverness tops now as opposed to Celtic and Rangers.

:23:52. > :23:56.And what else is happening in Scottish sport?

:23:57. > :24:02.After losing the league cup semifinal to Inverness Caley, wetter

:24:03. > :24:12.news for Hearts fan today. -- better news. UBIG Have agreed to transfer

:24:13. > :24:19.shares. Sean Maitland will miss the clash against England on Saturday.

:24:20. > :24:28.He suffered concussion and a leg injury in the game against Ireland.

:24:29. > :24:35.This is the moment Andy Murray edged Team GB to victory over the USA and

:24:36. > :24:48.progressed to their first quarterfinal of the Davis Cup. It's

:24:49. > :25:02.nice to play with those guys. It was two titles apiece for Kirsty

:25:03. > :25:15.Gallacher and Imagen bank here -- Imogen Bankier in the badminton.

:25:16. > :25:19.Thank you. Just time for a reminder that the next in our series of

:25:20. > :25:30.referendum debates takes place on the Tuesday the 18th of February.

:25:31. > :25:32.It's from Kelso with James Cook. If you want to apply to be in the

:25:33. > :25:41.audience, please go to the BBC temperatures today were fairly mild,

:25:42. > :25:46.but the strong wind it took the edge of those temperatures. Tonight, the

:25:47. > :25:50.wind will ease for most of us. But there will be some rain in the mix.

:25:51. > :25:57.This band of rain is moving north-east roads across the country.

:25:58. > :26:02.It could fall as snow on the hills and some of the highest roads in the

:26:03. > :26:09.Highlands. Hide it, skies cleared just enough to allow a touch of

:26:10. > :26:18.ground frost. -- behind it. For Orkney and Shetland, driver most of

:26:19. > :26:23.the night, but gale-force wind 's. That rain were clear the mainland

:26:24. > :26:34.pretty quickly, but linger over Shetland for much of the day. Once

:26:35. > :26:37.again, strong winds. Tomorrow, most of the country will be dry and

:26:38. > :26:42.bright with decent spells of sunshine. There will be a scattering

:26:43. > :26:48.of showers in the South and West, some of them heavy. Staying breezy

:26:49. > :26:55.on the coast. For the rest of the afternoon towards evening, the

:26:56. > :27:00.showers were fed in from the west. Most of the country will be driver

:27:01. > :27:06.the first half but that -- most of the country will be dry for the

:27:07. > :27:09.first half of the night. This area of low pressure will take charge on

:27:10. > :27:17.Wednesday. We have an early warning of heavy rain for the North and

:27:18. > :27:25.East. Potentially localised flooding. Strong to deal forced

:27:26. > :27:35.wins, even severe gale force around the coastline. Thursday looking

:27:36. > :27:43.cloudy and very windy. Showers and longer spells of rain. But improving

:27:44. > :27:45.for Friday. Thank you. Now, a reminder of tonight's main

:27:46. > :27:48.news. It's emerged that accident and

:27:49. > :27:51.emergency units are seeing patients as young as 15, who've been taking

:27:52. > :27:54.ecstasy. The revelation follows the death of Clydebank teenager, Regane

:27:55. > :28:01.MacColl, who collapsed at a nightclub at the weekend.

:28:02. > :28:04.And that is Reporting Scotland. I will be back with the headlines at

:28:05. > :28:10.eight and the late bulletin just after the ten o'clock news. Good

:28:11. > :28:16.evening.